Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver download and installation

Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. This driver was developed by Intel R Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_8C31&REV_04; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 2.5.4.40 released on 2014-03-26.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

Driver rating 3.7 stars out of 79367 votes.

2. Installing the Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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